Providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users

a technology of geolocation and user interaction, applied in the field of location-based meeting collaboration, can solve the problems of difficult scheduling time with existing clients, difficulty in finding new clients, and difficulty in opportunistic meeting planning by collaborators, so as to increase the collaboration between users, and increase the effect of collaboration between users
US20150200981A1Inactive Publication Date: 2015-07-16KYNDRYL INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
KYNDRYL INC
Publication Date
2015-07-16
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Embodiments herein provide geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users. Specifically, a collaboration tool is configured to receive, from a social media application, an indication of a geolocation of a first user, as well as information about an availability of the first user. A second user is notified about the geolocation of the first user and the availability of the first user, which is used to generate a collaborative meeting event for the first user and the second user according to the geolocation of the first user, the availability of the first user, an availability of the second user, and a location of the second user. The second user is automatically notified about the collaborative meeting event, which may be automatically scheduled in a calendar application. As such, the collaboration tool unifies user geolocation and availability information in order to connect interested users with one another in a mutually beneficial way.
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BACKGROUND

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] This invention relates generally to location-based meeting collaboration and, more specifically, to providing geolocation notifications to increase collaboration between users.

[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art

[0004] In the business and sales world, buyers, sellers, co-workers, etc., schedule meetings to discuss business matters. In-person, face-to-face meetings offer the advantages of direct, personal interaction among meeting participants. Online meetings can allow participants to share documents on individual computer screens, and are especially useful for meetings among participants in diverse locations.

[0005] However, it can be difficult for collaborators to opportunistically plan meetings with other collaborators. For salespersons, finding new clients and scheduling time with existing ones is difficult. Often, scheduling conflicts or a lack of knowledge and communication about a client's schedule and / or location are barriers to...

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